Whitney Plantation Tour
Overview
Visit the Whitney Plantation of New Orleans and step back in time as you explore the 18th-century plantation museum, the only one of its kind in Louisiana. On this 5-hour tour (including travel time from New Orleans, ) you’ll see museum exhibits, memorial artwork, and restored buildings. Learn about an important part of American history as recorded from first-person slave narratives.
They Whitney Plantation is a self-guided tour. Please make sure to download the Whitney Plantation app on your cell phone, tablet, or iPad to listen to an audio tour.
They Whitney Plantation is a self-guided tour. Please make sure to download the Whitney Plantation app on your cell phone, tablet, or iPad to listen to an audio tour.
Inclusions
- 2 hours to spend touring Whitney Plantation
- Round-trip transport from central New Orleans
- Entry/Admission - Whitney Plantation
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Mississippi River, LA
Start the tour at the designated meeting point in New Orleans and journey to the historic Whitney Plantation, one of the antebellum estates located along the Mississippi River.
Pass By: Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA
You'll cross the Bonnet Carre Spillway, a flood outlet for the river, and see a panoramic view of Lake Pontchartrain on your way to the plantation. Pass by the Evergreen, Felicity and St. Joseph plantations, where rich crops of sugar cane, cotton, and indigo from these fertile lands once traveled to various ports of trade.
Stop At: Whitney Plantation, 5099 Highway 18, Wallace, LA 70049-2803
Arrive at the Whitney Plantation, which dates back more than 260 years and is now a working museum dedicated to the understanding of slavery in the American South. Visit museum exhibits and restored buildings including historical slave cabins, some of which remain from the original 22 on-site. See the Big House, which is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture in Louisiana, and learn about the daily life of former slaves at Whitney as recorded by the Federal Writers' Project. Tour at your own pace, and if you choose, download the Whitney Plantation app for the self-guided tour of the plantation.
At the end of your experience, you're returned to central New Orleans.
Duration: 3 hours
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Mississippi River, LA
Start the tour at the designated meeting point in New Orleans and journey to the historic Whitney Plantation, one of the antebellum estates located along the Mississippi River.
Pass By: Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA
You'll cross the Bonnet Carre Spillway, a flood outlet for the river, and see a panoramic view of Lake Pontchartrain on your way to the plantation. Pass by the Evergreen, Felicity and St. Joseph plantations, where rich crops of sugar cane, cotton, and indigo from these fertile lands once traveled to various ports of trade.
Stop At: Whitney Plantation, 5099 Highway 18, Wallace, LA 70049-2803
Arrive at the Whitney Plantation, which dates back more than 260 years and is now a working museum dedicated to the understanding of slavery in the American South. Visit museum exhibits and restored buildings including historical slave cabins, some of which remain from the original 22 on-site. See the Big House, which is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture in Louisiana, and learn about the daily life of former slaves at Whitney as recorded by the Federal Writers' Project. Tour at your own pace, and if you choose, download the Whitney Plantation app for the self-guided tour of the plantation.
At the end of your experience, you're returned to central New Orleans.
Duration: 3 hours
Additional information
- Check-in is 15 minutes prior to start time.
- If the guest needs a wheelchair lift equipped bus, then special arrangements need to be made with the supplier. This must be arranged 48 hours prior to tour date. Contact details will be on your voucher.
- Wheelchair accessible
- Guests visiting Whitney using a wheelchair will have access to the gift shop, restrooms, and museum. The plantation grounds are accessible; however, there are uneven gravel paths. The main house tour is not accessible to guest traveling in wheelchairs and is not required to be modified as it is a historic home; however, the first floor is accessible. Guests would be able to view the slave quarters, but would not have access to enter.
- Stroller accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Tour at Whitney Plantation is Self Guided
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 55 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Duvon_T
May 2022
I love the history you learn when you come, it’s emotional but to know what people went through is heartbreaking.
I love the history you learn when you come, it’s emotional but to know what people went through is heartbreaking.Cameron_P
May 2022
Great app, amazing staff. The experience was exceptional. The tour was perfectly put together and timed.
Great app, amazing staff. The experience was exceptional. The tour was perfectly put together and timed.Maleika_J
April 2022
This experience is a must-do! Our driver as well as the staff at Whitney we're very knowledgeable! Don't let the fact that it's a self-guided phase you. It allowed for private reflection. The information was great! I high recommend this!
This experience is a must-do! Our driver as well as the staff at Whitney we're very knowledgeable! Don't let the fact that it's a self-guided phase you. It allowed for private reflection. The information was great! I high recommend this!Sarah_d
April 2022
Very important exhibition. Great location and interesting displays. Respectful and confronting. Very educational!
Very important exhibition. Great location and interesting displays. Respectful and confronting. Very educational!Julie M
April 2022
Very informative! A great place to learn more about the history of the New Orleans area. Definitely would recommend!!!
Very informative! A great place to learn more about the history of the New Orleans area. Definitely would recommend!!!Alice O
April 2022
I rented a car in New Orleans and had a very pleasant drive out to this plantation - took about 1 hour. I highly recommend it. Very well done -a great history lesson on the way people lived on plantations. Everyone should take the time to visit this.
I rented a car in New Orleans and had a very pleasant drive out to this plantation - took about 1 hour. I highly recommend it. Very well done -a great history lesson on the way people lived on plantations. Everyone should take the time to visit this.